Posted on 07/22/2014 8:37:30 PM PDT by FlJoePa
I don't know exactly why, but I wanted to share this. This is how it's done.
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Oddly, the best version of “Sweet Home Alabama” was done by the Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Choir in Helsinki Finland.
I was there. The headliner was Peter Frampton. The Outlaws played before Skynyrd. What a time, what a show....
Really miss Ronnie and Steve
Just saw them last week in Charlotte, NC. Great time!
Thanks for posting that. I really enjoyed it.
1977, eh? Wouldn’t be too much later than many of them would die in a plane crash. Sad to think about it.
So was I. IIRC Santana and the outlaws led off the day. Skynyrd was awesome, Frampton, not so much. He fell down jumping off the piano.
Their album "One more from the road" is a dead ringer for that day on the green. Great Blast from the past!
They SURE did know how to do it.
Imagine, all those kids are not looking at 70 YEARS of living. I hope they're all still alive, healthy and happy.
Harhar...the guys have BALDED!! The gals have sagged, bagged and hagged! What a life.
Just an Army of guitars. Never since duplicated, imo.
Well I’m glad ya followed your heart and did so - terrific clip. Sun, Fun, pretty girls (without tattos) and with long lovely hair - I was 16 at this time - great times! What a crowd - awesome - Bless ya!
Yeah, it was worth watching.
I’ve watched it several times. I loved it!!!
Ever seen it preformed by a bunch of commies and the Red Army Choir?
I'll bet Ronald Reagan would get a huge kick of this!
Just listened/watched Freebird. Didn’t see me, but we were down front. Awesome.
I have it from very good sources that when Peter Frampton was playing his set on stage, Bill Graham was back stage playing Peter’s wife...But you didn’t hear that from me.
"Young recorded a solo acoustic version of "Powderfinger" at Indigo Studios in Malibu, California in September 1975, and intended for his unreleased mid-70s album Chrome Dreams.[11][12] He later sent the tape to his friend Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd who were to use the song on their next album.[11][5] However, Van Zant died in a plane crash in October 1977, and Lynyrd Skynyrd never recorded the song.[11][5] The song was officially released as an electric version with the band Crazy Horse for Young's 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps."
Here is the Cowboy Junkies Version of Powderfinger.
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